Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-01-15
Los Angeles Notes.
Los ANGELES, Jan. 5tb. 1887.

-eS ANoELE@s . hu. OsD, lScI.
 ED. CTTIzES:-I note with pleasure
 through the columns of the CIr1zE,
 thst she good people of the a. and b. p
 are having jolly good time this winter
 10 let you know that We, too, are up tC
 'he times l send you commencing will
 the weather report, few notes from thG
 Oity of the Angels.
 IL IS warm and delightful, at noon to.
 day theithermometer stood at 76 degrees
 ID tne shade. We are needing rain there has been very little thIs season
 me streets which have been neglected
 oy the water-cart man are as dusty as
 Tucson. Nature has been most bouuti. Iui Tn dispensing her gifts in this city and it's suburbs. There is everything to
 please the eye, fill the heart and intoxi. cate the soul. Why is Southern Cali. lorna blessed SO far above the adjacent c"uhtry! There Is legend tO this ef- iect' baCrcna, the patron saint of Los Angeles, ID fslicitous moment declared thst tnis country should excel all others and II certainly does. Everybody seems eontented. Even the tramps have a dolce far niente look. During the month of December there were e,ght thousand excuTsionists here; and they continue Co ccme. Twenty-four cars to-day Houses are i1 such demand that when wagon load ot lumber starts from the lumber yard, it is followed to In- qulre II the house is for rent. Building material hes advanced twenty-five per cent within the last six mouths. Vacant rooms are very scarce. i lady iu search ot one was offered the bath room. The obhging iandladY did this for accom- moda:Ion, Fifteen dollars per month WAS all she asked for the bath room. Real estate sales for one week amounts 10 one million dollarsl Fact. Property increases so rapidly in value that the assessor IS kept ID quandary state, he does not know what value to place upon it.
 Emma Abbott, the queen of the Eng lish opera, has been dellgh;ing the hearts of play -goers for the pas. week. She has good audiences every night and che thioks the play goers here are intel ligcnt. discriminating and appreciative. Of course she does; ain't she gathering Tn the coins? Her singing last night WAS brilliant Rs the rays from her own great kohInoor dismCnd.r She does not spare herself to please her audience. Patti will be here on the 18th inst. for cne night only She will be accompAp- jed by stars of the first masnituie, The sale of tickets, from four to seven and hall dollars each. last night reached up- wards of four thousand dollars, But alas for us por morsals who do not par ticipate in the real estate boom. No diva for us. But then who cares, she is ffty-oIel
 The railroad tTslfie is 80 great that the Southern Pacific company has found It to establish 0 full line of branch offices in this city. T. II. Good mau, general passenger agent, and ]. c. Stubbs, general freight agent, are here for that pur- pose. c. r. Smurr, first assistant pas sencer agent will be chief This IS cer- tainly a progressive age We now have sn eiectrc street railway; yesterday an experimental trip was made, two miles and hsli were run In fifteen minutes. l The officials are happy over it's success.
 Tventy-tive Arizona legislative solOns | are here tonight en route for Prescott, l Qgery giii they be devO'ees to the shrine | of Bacchus? Fitzgerald ard Anderson | have a fine practice, they BIe kept busy | all the while. The latter expects to | build fine residence this spring. By this We may infer that he intends 10 re- main here. Judge Campbell went to | San Francis O to spend New Years day. | He wanted to have a good time with the | boys once more. He returned to-day. | $ few evenings ago I met a gentleman | in nn elegant dress suit (the proverbisl | swRllow-tail) plug hat. diamond pin | Sc. To say that Dame Fortune IS snil- | ing cn Col. Muir, smother of your friends, would be superfiuous; the above l spesks for itself. AU REvoIR.